Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight hook supplemented by hunting and fishing

supplemented by hunting and fishing

suggesting their use as ritual or funerary vessels

Cypro-Classical II Period

Fantastic strand composed of small-sized 19th-century Venetian antique glass trade beads

The Tala-Tonalá substyle

Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight hook supplemented by hunting and fishingEarly to mid. 19th century, Burma (Myanmar), Southeast Asia A beautifully cast bronze opium weight in the form of a Hintha bird (Brahmani duck), with a six sided rounded base and faint verification mark of a six rayed star on the front. Three finely incised concentric lines encircle the top of the base. This weight represents an authentic market used example, richly patinated and full of character. The Hintha, or Hamsa, was the emblem of the Mon